Thoughts: What I love about Christina Lauren is that I know their books are reliably going to be fun - and this one was an absolute DELIGHT to read! These girls have got the witty banter down to a science, and they never fail to make me laugh. The premise of a marriage of convenience to live in student housing (among other things that I won’t spoil) was so entertaining. Some other things I loved about this book specifically included the gorgeous tropical setting, the wild family drama, and the slow burn romance. Anna and West were both likable main characters - I even found West to be super relatable for being a billionaire - and both povs were great. If you’re looking for a swoony, laugh out loud summer read, go grab this book asap!

Read this if you like:
🌺 marriage of convenience
🌺 forced proximity
🌺 opposites attract
🌺 family drama
🌺 tropical setting
🌺 dual pov

I am SO IMPRESSED with this book! It’s got everything we usually love from CLo (humor, swoon, steam) plus some really difficult topics they tackled. Brokenness passed down from parents, ailing parents, money/power issues - it’s all there.

Liam and Anna were both so different that it was hard to picture them together at first. Liam’s a starchy rich boy and Anna is a hot mess struggling artist. Their marriage of convenience obviously means there’s a lot of lying, but I loved that they were always honest with each other, even though they were telling everyone else a different story.

And also? This book was HOT! A gorgeous setting with a private bungalow and their first coupling is in an unexpected place 😂😂 but I loved it all so much.

Three cheers for CLo on this one, guys. It might be their top book for me?!!

If Christina Lauren writes it, I am gonna read it!! This fake dating/marriage of convenience romance was a light, fun, and easy read. I gave 3.5 stars but rounded up to a 4

William (Liam) and Anna get married for benefits during graduate school but are never close. Years later, he needs her help when, of course, she is going through it. The one part that had me lost was the fact they lived together for twoish years and basically ignored each other?? But he never saw how attractive she was or held a conversation...I have questions

The good parts did make me swoon and root for them during the book.

Thank you NetGalley and Gallery Books for the ARC.

I have been a fan of Christina Lauren for awhile now, but dare I say that this is my new favorite book by them. This book was an absolute delight to read. I love stories about rich people behaving badly, and my goodness, this one has very rich people behaving very badly. I absolutely loved the two main characters, Anna Green and Liam "West" Weston. Anna said some things that literally had me snort-laughing, and I love that she wasn't afraid to say what was on her mind. She was a good balance to West's more serious/stoic nature. The Paradise Problem had some tropes that I love, including marriage of convenience/fake dating and only one bed, or should I say only one luxurious villa. There is plenty of steam that will make you blush, but also plenty of tender moments that were so sweet and romantic. Liam's father, Ray, is the perfect antagonist... readers will absolutely love to hate him, and root for Anna and Liam the entire way. This is the perfect read to transport you from your living room on a rainy day to a tropical paradise, and the perfect summer read. It'll be out in a couple of weeks, but it is also a May BOTM pick if you can't wait until then. Thank you to the publisher Gallery Books for giving me the chance to read an early copy of this book. I absolutely loved it, and I give this one 5 shining stars!

Christina Lauren does it again! I have only read one book from these authors that I didn’t like, and that was Something Wilder. I think they went too far out of their comfort zone, but I’m glad they are back to making masterpieces. This followed my favorite trope (fake dating/marriage) with the added bonus of an inheritance. I ate this book up in two days. West (or Liam but I like West Weston better lol) and Anna are just adorable and I loved every second.

5⭐️

**Spoiler Free Review of The Paradise Problem by Christina Lauren**

Where do I even start? I previously loved Something Wilder as well as their recent Valentine’s Novella, but this was just spectacular. It had everything I wanted: fame dating, vacation theme, likable characters, great romance! The authors have truly created such a fun enjoyable book.

I was expecting this to be a 4 star, but it captured my attention throughout the book and kept it. I fell in love with the characters, and as always, the writing kept me engaged. Highly recommend if you want a fun (with some depth), 3 🌶️ spicy romance for the summer!

Thank you to Net Galley and Gallery Books for the ARC!

This was a fun marriage of convenience and fake dating story. Anna and “West” are college students who marry in order to be able to stay at family housing at UCLA. After graduation, she thinks she’s signed divorce papers and everything is over. A few years later, Anna is fired from her convenience store job and West is working as a professor. He encounters a dilemma: he doesn’t want to join family business, but there’s a clause in his inheritance that he has to be married for 5 years. So he contacts Anna and has a new proposal for her.
A very fast read! Thank you for the early read in exchange for honest review!

Anna and Liam are my new favorites!!
Ahhhh!

I’m so obsessed with this book! Finished in under 24 hours. Sexy, funny, and just so so perfect!

I am already obsessed with Christiana and Lauren but this book was the perfect book for me when I read it. I started it on a Saturday afternoon and was cracking up on my couch within minutes! I powerhoused through it by Sunday night and its hands down one of my absolute favorite by them.

Liam Weston and Anna Green get married in college to get affordable housing and barely speak to one another during that time. It was a matter of connivence and rent is not cheap! After parting ways after college, the two never speak again until Liam shows up the day after Anna gets fired from her gas station job to tell her that he needs her to play the part of his real wife for his sisters upcoming wedding on a private island. Did we mention that Anna is a struggling artist and Liam is the heir to a grocery store chain? The two could not be more different from one another if they tried!

Anna is a literal hot mess of a character! She's quirky, outspoken, and chaotic in all things but does it with such heart. Her father is battling cancer and she has been working low end jobs while trying to sell her art to support his medical bills. Liam on the other hand doesn't want top be associated with his families business and has branched out to become a professor at Stanford. Anna is eclectic with pink hair. Liam is buttoned up and proper. Let the hilarity ensue!

This was full of humor not only from our MC's but from our side characters. I was OBSESSED with Liams sister-in-law who had me cracking up throughout the book. The tension, chemistry, and supportiveness between our MC's had me kicking my feet and giggling like a little girl. Full of excellent banter but also tender moments that allowed each of them to open up to one another. I loved the plot. the dual POV and the eventual ending of this story.

These two can do no wrong in my opinion and I know that this will be THE summer book once released!

Thank you to Netgalley & Gallery Books for the ARC. I already preordered my trophy copy!

I typically love Christina Lauren books & this one didn't disappoint! It started off a bit slow for me, but once it picked up, it TOOK OFFFFFF!! I ended up really liking it! 5 stars!

Another Christina Lauren hit! Prepare to see this book pool side, on the beach or on a plane this summer. Anna Green agreed to a sham marriage to live in married housing at UCLA. She barely knew Liam but they made great roommates keeping to themselves. When they graduated she signed papers that she thought were divorce papers but she was very wrong. When West reappears three years later Anna is at a low in her life. Even worse she finds out she isn’t divorced. In order for Liam to receive his monstrous inheritance they need to stay married for five years and his family is staring to suspect something is up.
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Liam needs Anna to attend his sister’s wedding with him….in paradise. Seriously this wedding week and resort sound like an absolute dream. I loved reading about it and the witty banter between these two is the real chef’s kiss! I loved this one and the audio is super entertaining .

Thank you #simonandschusteraudio #gallerry and #NetGalley for an advanced copy in exchange for an honest review

While this book wasn't for me, it might be for you! I wanted to love this book, it has everything I love in a romance novel - fake dating, forced proximity, and shared POVs. But the FMC was unbearable. She was too immature and annoying for me to relate to and I knew this book wasn't the right fit for me when she said "are you sh*tting my d*ck right now" unironically (I cannot stand when a book uses internet language). Her relationship with West/Liam/William (can we please just call him one name?) felt lacked emotion and felt inauthentic, which made it hard for me to root for them. I did enjoy the island setting - if you are one of the many people who do enjoy this book, this will make it a great beach/pool read for you this summer! Unfortunately, this paradise was full of problems for me.

Thank you NetGalley and the publisher for an eARC in exchance for my honest review.

It has been a bit since I read a Christina Lauren book. I took a break after reading and being quite disappointed by Something Wilder. So I had some pretty high hopes for The Paradise Problem and was pleased for those hopes to be met.

The Paradise Problem is fake marriage, opposites attract romance that primarily takes place on a private island during wedding festivities. Anna Green is a struggling, pink haired artist who agreed to marry her best friend’s brother, Liam “West” Weston, five years ago to get cheaper student housing. After Liam graduated, the two signed divorce papers and went their separate ways. Three years later, Liam randomly shows up on Anna’s doorstep to ask her to play wife in order for him to access his trust fund, which requires him to be happily married for five years.

I quite adored The Paradise Problem. I thought both Anna and West are well-fleshed out characters with believable back stories. Anna is an easy character to champion. While she is not perfect, Anna sticks to her passion for painting and is a devoted daughter. Similarly, West has stuck to his principles and become a professor, rather than joining the C-suite of his family’s grocery store chain. I found that this automatically endeared him to me. And the rest of his actions made me like him even more. The most hard to swallow part of Anna & West’s story is the marriage of convenience that happened five years ago and the fact they lived together for two years without getting to know one another even the slightest bit.

One thing in The Paradise Problem that really shined was the complex family dynamics. I think Christina Lauren did an excellent job portraying a realistic family that has issues. However, there was one choice that the writing duo made that I found absolutely awful. In place of using any of the usual words for 🍆 , they used “Goddamn” which I found beyond cringey. I have no idea what possessed them to make this choice, but it took me out of the story every single time it was used.

Overall, The Paradise Problem is a cute romcom with easy-to-root-for protagonists and feelings that grow. For me, this was a return to the magic that made me a Christina Lauren fan: realistic characters, rich feelings, and a satisfying HEA. I definitely recommend this novel for contemporary romance fans.

I love how CL can take a common trope and make it fresh and fun. Great characters. I literally fist pumped when he said he peeked. 😂

⭐️⭐️⭐️✨
🌶️🌶️🌶️ open door

West and Anna entered a marriage of convenience so Anna could have affordable housing to finish undergrad, and West for his PhD, only to uncover that this isn’t merely enough to trigger West’s access to his inheritance. Fast forward to the 5th year of their legal marriage, West and Anna must endure a paradise vacation to celebrate West’s younger sister’s wedding and also show that he is happily married. What unravels during this paradise vacation though is much bigger and more of a problem than a solution. Not only do West and Anna show off their love, could they be feeling it for real, too?

Okaaay… this was good, guys! I really enjoyed it—the premise, the marriage of convenience, West’s narcissistic douchebag of a father and the associated rich family problems, and Anna’s personality and everything she stood for. They were absolutely perfect for each other and really loved their story. Definitely recommend!

It’s a fake dating romance from the queens of romance themselves, Christina Lauren! Anna thought that she had divorced West after they graduated from UCLA. Now, three years later, West needs to contact his not-so-ex-wife and convince her to pretend they are still happily married. Why? To receive a huge inheritance of course!

Anna, desperate for the money to pay for her dad’s medical bills, agrees to jet off to a tropical paradise to spend a week with West’s toxic family at his sister’s week-long wedding celebration. The over-the-top shenanigans reminded me of Crazy Rich Asians in the best way!

Why I Loved it: I was cheering Anna on as she took on West’s snooty family with her pink hair and bohemian spirit. The chemistry between them was crackling, but it was how they looked after each other that made my heart swoon.

Absolutely loved The Paradise Problem! A quick, fun witty read set in a tropical paradise?! Sign me up! Anna had me laughing out loud time-after-time! She's ridiculous at times and I love that in a character. The chemistry between her and Liam was really good.

Definitely recommend The Paradise Problem. Can't wait to see what Christina Lauren comes up with next. Love them!

Thanks, NetGalley, for the ARC!

I am not one who typically enjoys the fake dating trope, but this one was really well done! There are so many fake dating books that lean heavily into the miscommunication trope and I don’t feel like this one did, which I appreciated. Anna, the FMC was super relatable to me, and I loved the grumpy/sunshine aspect of this. I thoroughly enjoyed this story and really felt like the story flowed beautifully.

Thank you to NetGalley and Gallery Books for providing the ARC.

A marriage of convenience with a fake dating subplot by Christina Lauren? Sign me up.

But truthfully, while this one felt a bit different than this dynamic duo's regular romantic comedies, it was still very much in line with what you expect from a CLo book. The term "opposites attract" perfectly describes the setup between Anna and Liam - you have a broke artist and the son of a billionaire working to shuffle off the weighty and intense expectations of his father's empire. One is loud and brash, the other is as buttoned up as they come, but they came together once to help each other out of a sticky situation and three years later, they are reunited again when the ante is upped.

While there is no instant love connection here, Anna and Liam cannot deny the attraction they feel for each other. They struggle with navigating a viper pit of familial trauma and manipulation and learn to rely on each other to see them through to the other side. And even when everything blows up in their faces, they still work in collaborative partnership to come out to the other side. It is a slow burn focusing on the necessity of relying on those who are in your corner over those who will choose themselves each and every time.

I really loved this book. I loved the characters and their development, and I loved how Anna and Liam come together to fight the problem as opposed to letting the problem tear them apart. Another excellent book from Christina Lauren.

Anna agreed to a fake marriage years ago. The couple has since separated until years later Liam Weston comes back into her life with a proposition - continue the marriage for a little longer and he can help her. Financial problems. Liam is adorable as he tries to fool his parents into thinking the marriage is real. Anna is a fun free spirit who helps break him from his shell.

Thank you #partner Gallery Books for #gifted copy of The Paradise Problem!

𝐓𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐦
𝐀𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫: 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧
𝐏𝐮𝐛 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐞: 𝐌𝐚𝐲 𝟏𝟒, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟒

★★★★★

This book was absolutely perfect! The entire premise was so amazing and I knew from the start I was going to love this book.

Anna Green thought she was marrying Liam “West” Weston to get subsidized housing while attending school at UCLA. She also thought she was divorced when she signed some papers when he moved out upon graduation. Now, she’s barely making ends meet while working as an artist and working multiple jobs. West, on the other hand is a Stanford professor. Oh, and he’s also the heir to the Weston Foods family business. He has little interest in the business. What he’s after is a one-hundred-million-dollar inheritance. The only catch is he won’t see any of that money until he’s been happily married for five years. Liam will have to convince Anna to go alone with his plan to pretend to be his wife at a family wedding in another country. With complex family dynamics at play, will it be worth it in the end?

This was such a fun one and I just loved the storyline! It was such a unique twist on the whole marriage of convenience trope and I LOVED it! I loved Anna’s character and found her to be so likable. She remained true to herself and I loved that about her. I also loved watching Anna and Liam grow together throughout the book. This was just such a fun one to read and the banter and chemistry was so good!

🌺Marriage of Convenience (with a unique twist)
🌺Forced Proximity
🌺Slow Burn
🌺Dual POV
🌺Opposites Attract
🌺Complex Family Dynamics
🌺Amazing Banter

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